1932
Frank Cameron, New Zealand cricketer (died 2023)
Francis James Cameron was a New Zealand cricketer who played 19 Tests for New Zealand as a fast bowler.
Frank Cameron, New Zealand cricketer (died 2023)
The 1930s
Explore 942 historical events from 1930–1939.
1932
John Drew Barrymore, American actor (died 2004)
John Drew Barrymore was an American film actor and member of the Barrymore family of actors, which included his father, John Barrymore, and his father's siblings, Lionel and Ethel.…
John Drew Barrymore, American actor (died 2004)
1932
Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist and composer (died 1975)
Oliver Edward Nelson was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961) is regarded …
Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist and composer (died 1975)
1932
Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (died 1994)
Robert Christopher Lasch was an American historian and social critic who was a history professor at the University of Rochester. Lasch's books, including The New Radicalism in Amer…
Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (died 1994)
1932
Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (died 2004)
Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt was a New Zealand writer and occasional playwright.
Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand author and playwright (died 2004)
1932
Paul R
Paul Ralph Ehrlich was an American biologist, author, and environmentalist known for his predictions and warnings about the consequences of population growth, including famine and …
Paul R
1932
Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (born 1858)
Giuseppe Peano was an Italian mathematician and glottologist. The author of over 200 books and papers, he was a founder of mathematical logic and set theory, to which he contribute…
Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (born 1858)
1932
Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (born 1864)
Friedrich Gustav Piffl was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church and Archbishop of Vienna.
Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (born 1864)
1932
Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (born 1883)
Ferenc Oslay was a Hungarian-Slovene historian, writer, Trianon irredentist, and propagandist.
Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (born 1883)
1932
William Lockwood, English cricketer (born 1868)
William Henry Lockwood was an English Test cricketer, best known as a fast bowler and the unpredictable, occasionally devastating counterpart to the amazingly hard-working Tom Rich…
William Lockwood, English cricketer (born 1868)
1932
Hart Crane, American poet (born 1899)
Harold Hart Crane was an American poet. Inspired by the Romantics and his fellow Modernists, Crane wrote highly stylized poetry, often noted for its complexity. His collection Whit…
Hart Crane, American poet (born 1899)
1932
Charles Fort, American journalist and author (born 1874)
Charles Hoy Fort was an American writer and researcher who specialized in anomalous phenomena. The terms "Fortean" and "Forteana" are sometimes used to characterize various such ph…
Charles Fort, American journalist and author (born 1874)
1932
Marcel Boulenger, French fencer and author (born 1873)
Marcel Jacques Amand Romain Boulenger was a French novelist and fiction writer. He was awarded the Prix Nee of the Académie Française in 1918 and the Prix Stendhal in 1919. He was …
Marcel Boulenger, French fencer and author (born 1873)
1932
Gladys Elinor Watkins consecrated the carillon of the National War Memorial in Wellington, New Zealand (dedication pictu
Gladys Elinor Watkins was a New Zealand music teacher, singer, and pianist. However, she is most notable for being the first official carillonneur of the National War Memorial Cari…
Gladys Elinor Watkins consecrated the carillon of the National War Memorial in Wellington, New Zealand (dedication pictu
1932
Nazi deputies assaulted journalist Helmuth Klotz in the German parliament building after he publicized the homosexuality
The Röhm scandal resulted from the public disclosure of Nazi politician Ernst Röhm's homosexuality by anti-Nazis in 1931 and 1932. As a result of the scandal, Röhm became the first…
Nazi deputies assaulted journalist Helmuth Klotz in the German parliament building after he publicized the homosexuality
1932
Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (born 1852)
Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory was an Anglo-Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager. With William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre …
Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (born 1852)
1932
An estimated 400 ramblers committed a wilful mass trespass of Kinder Scout (pictured) in the Peak District to highlight
Walking is one of the main gaits of terrestrial locomotion among legged animals. Walking is typically slower than running and other gaits. Walking is defined as an "inverted pendul…
An estimated 400 ramblers committed a wilful mass trespass of Kinder Scout (pictured) in the Peak District to highlight
1932
Donoghue v Stevenson is decided, ultimately establishing the foundation for negligence in common law jurisdictions world
Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 was a landmark court decision in Scots delict law and English tort law by the House of Lords. It laid the foundation of the modern law of neglige…
Donoghue v Stevenson is decided, ultimately establishing the foundation for negligence in common law jurisdictions world
1931
95 years ago
Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting
The Ådalen shootings was a series of events in and around the sawmill district of Ådalen, Kramfors Municipality, Ångermanland, Sweden, in May 1931. During a protest on 14 May, five…
Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting
1931
95 years ago
After negotiations between Catalan and Spanish provisional governments, the Catalan Republic proclaimed in April 14 beco
The Catalan Republic was a state proclaimed in 1931 by Francesc Macià as the "Catalan Republic within the Iberian Federation", in the context of the proclamation of the Second Span…
After negotiations between Catalan and Spanish provisional governments, the Catalan Republic proclaimed in April 14 beco
1931
95 years ago
The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City
The Empire State Building is a 102-story, supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. The building was designed in the Art De…
The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City
1931
95 years ago
The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fift
Francis Crowley was an American murderer. His crime spree lasted nearly three months, ending in a two-hour shootout with the New York City Police Department on May 7, 1931, that wa…
The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fift
1931
95 years ago
Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by a Royal Italian Army firing squad for intent to kill Ben
Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini survived several assassination attempts while head of government of Italy in the 1920s and 1930s.
Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by a Royal Italian Army firing squad for intent to kill Ben
1931
95 years ago
John Barrett, English tennis player and sportscaster
John Edward Barrett, is a British retired tennis player, television commentator and author.
John Barrett, English tennis player and sportscaster